Privacy Office - DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee

The DHS Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee (Privacy Advisory Committee) advises the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the DHS Chief Privacy Officer on programmatic, policy, operational, administrative, and technological issues relevant to DHS that affect individual privacy, data integrity and data interoperability and other privacy related issues.

Please Note: The below webpages are offered as a reading room of materials related to this Federal Advisory Committee. All materials including meeting minutes, draft and final reports, agendas, etc. are either for or by the Committee and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and/or positions of the DHS Privacy Office or the Department. The Committee may choose to use these materials and others to provide advice to the Privacy Office and the Department on privacy and data integrity issues and ultimately the Department may choose to consider that advice. These materials are offered purely to provide transparency into the Committee’s process.

Meeting Information

• Meeting Information and Materials

Request for Comments

Please provide any comments in writing to privacycommittee@dhs.gov, by postal mail, or by fax. All comments will be considered on an ongoing basis.

Reports, Recommendations, & Communications

• Comments Regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Implementation of the REAL ID Act, Adopted May 7, 2007.  (PDF, 9 pages - 278 KB). The Data Privacy and Integrity Committee made twelve recommendations to the Secretary and the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security regarding the Department’s implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005.
• The Use of RFID for Human Identity Verification, Adopted December 6, 2006 (PDF, 13 pages - 270 KB). The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee (the Committee) issues this report to the Secretary and the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
• The Use of Commercial Data, Adopted December 6, 2006 (PDF, 13 pages - 227 KB). The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee (the Committee) has made additional recommendations to its previous report on the use of commercial data and issues the following report to the Secretary and Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
• Framework for Privacy Analysis of Programs, Technologies, and Applications, Adopted March 7, 2006 (PDF, 10 pages - 256 KB). The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee has developed a report to serve as the framework for the Committee to analyze programs, technologies and applications at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
• Recommendations on the Secure Flight Program, Adopted December 6, 2005 (PDF, 4 pages - 87 KB). The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee has examined the Secure Flight Program and issues this report to the Secretary and the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
• The Use of Commercial Data to Reduce False Positives in Screening Programs (PDF, 16 pages - 220 KB), First Report of the DHS Privacy Advisory Committee.
• Letter to Deputy Secretary Michael Jackson, (PDF, 2 pages - 72 KB) regarding the Committee’s intent to examine the Secure Flight program to assess the program’s approach to data privacy and integrity.

Advisory Committee Leadership

Privacy Advisory Committee members have diverse expertise in privacy, security, and emerging technology, and come from large and small companies, the academic community, and the non-profit sector.  The members also reflect a depth of knowledge on issues of data protection, openness, technology, and national security.  Members for the first term will serve staggered terms of two years, three years, or four years and all subsequent members will serve for a period of four years.

• Committee Members  
• Sponsor: Hugo Teufel, III
• Executive Director: Ken Hunt
• Subcommittee Assignments

Committee Resources

• Committee Charter  (Renewed) (PDF, 4 pages - 19 KB). This renewed charter establishes the Department of Homeland Security Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, established under the authority of the Homeland Security Act, P.L. 107-296, operation in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2).
• Notice of Establishment, April 9, 2004 (PDF, 4 pages - 338 KB)
• Membership Application  (PDF, 3 pages - 112 KB)
• DHS Announces Appointments to Privacy Advisory Committee, February 23, 2005.